Realizing smiles: Options pricing with realized volatility

Fulvio Corsi (), Nicola Fusari and Davide La Vecchia

Journal of Financial Economics, 2013, vol. 107, issue 2, 284-304

Abstract: We develop a discrete-time stochastic volatility option pricing model exploiting the information contained in the Realized Volatility (RV), which is used as a proxy of the unobservable log-return volatility. We model the RV dynamics by a simple and effective long-memory process, whose parameters can be easily estimated using historical data. Assuming an exponentially affine stochastic discount factor, we obtain a fully analytic change of measure. An empirical analysis of Standard and Poor's 500 index options illustrates that our model outperforms competing time-varying and stochastic volatility option pricing models.

Keywords: High-frequency; Realized volatility; Option pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 G12 G13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.08.015

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